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www.nequiltmuseum.org On 8/25/2010 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art (Johnston, Leslie) > 2. First EUscreen International Conference on Content Selection > Policy and Contextualisation (Richard Urban) > 3. M&T MUSE Awards are Calling All Developers > (musechair at mediaandtechnology.org) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:17 -0400 > From: "Johnston, Leslie"<lesliej at loc.gov> > Subject: [MCN-L] TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art > To: "mcn-l at mcn.edu"<mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <23CFE6A5AD05E34EBCAD84B004C313BAE76067A7 at LCXCLMB01.LCDS.LOC.GOV> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Forwarded for a colleague; do not contact me about this program. For further > program details and registration please visit: > http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart > > > > TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art > Guggenheim Museum > New York > September 1-2, 2010 > http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart > > The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation and the > AIC Electronic Media Group are pleased to announce a two-day > workshop, "TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art," to take place > September 1-2, 2010 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, in > conjunction with the exhibition, "Haunted - Contemporary Video, > Photography and Performance." Supported by a grant from the > National Endowment for the Arts, this inaugural workshop is starting > a series of four planned workshops on the preservation and > presentation of electronic art, acknowledging the 10th anniversary > of the ground-breaking "TechArchaeology" symposium. > > This workshop aims to acquaint participants with the technical > functionality of both analog and digital video art as well as the > technical and aesthetic impact of digitization, compression and > format migration. A comparative 'school of seeing' will be offered > to sensitize the participant's eye for image structure and quality. > Sessions focus on the varieties of display modes of video art in an > exhibition context and demonstrate the impact of equipment selection > on the integrity of the artwork. Curators, conservators and > technicians will provide insight into their decision-making > processes and discuss their perspectives on the preservation of > video art installations. > > Wednesday, September 1, 2010 > Turning it On - Mounting Video Exhibitions > > 9-00-9.30 Coffee and Registration > > 9-30-10.00 Introductions > Carol Stringari, Christine Frohnert > > 10-00-10.45 John Hanhardt > Curating the Moving Image: Change Over Time > > 10-45-11.30 Chrissie Iles > Curating Historic Video Art (working title) > > 11-45-12.15 Jennifer Blessing > Media Works in the current exhibition > 'Haunted' > > Lunch Break and free admission to the exhibition 'Haunted' > > 2.15 Joanna Phillips > Caring for Video Art > > 3.00 Steven Dye > Assembling Video Art (working title) > > Coffee Break > > 4-15-5.00 Heather Weaver > Displaying Video Art (working title) > > 5-00-6.00 Panel Discussion > Dara Meyers-Kingsley Moderator > > Thursday, September 2, 2010 > Towards a School of Seeing > > 9-00-9.30 Coffee > > 9-30-9.45 Introduction > Christine Frohnert > > 9-45-11.00 Mona Jimenez and Maurice Schechter > What is Analog Video? > > 11-00-11.30 Coffee Break > > 11-30-12.15 Howard Besser > What is Digital Video? > > 12-15-1.00 Chris Lacinak > What is High Definition Video? > > 1-00-2.30 Lunch Break > > 2-30-4.30 Agathe Jarczyk with Joanna Phillips, Maurice > Schechter and Heather Weaver > A School of Seeing > > 4-45-5.30 Discussion > Christine Frohnert Moderator > > For further program details and registration please visit: > http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:04:45 -0500 > From: Richard Urban<richardjurban at gmail.com> > Subject: [MCN-L] First EUscreen International Conference on Content > Selection Policy and Contextualisation > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv<mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID:<D8E66A4F-8921-4BF1-9608-D5BE4F6C4B25 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Begin forwarded message: > > >> From: "Wietske van den Heuvel"<wvdheuvel at beeldengeluid.nl> >> Date: August 25, 2010 7:01:20 AM CDT >> To:<mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Subject: First EUscreen International Conference on Content Selection Policy >> and Contextualisation >> >> First EUscreen International Conference on Content Selection Policy and >> Contextualisation >> >> Date: 7-8 October 2010. >> >> Location: Casa del Cinema. Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, Rome, Italy. >> >> EUscreen has organized a two-day conference on content selection policies >> and contextualisation in the audiovisual domain, to be held in Rome on >> October 7 and 8 2010. The conference will focus on contextualisation of >> audiovisual material, especially in the academic field. The conference >> programme is still under construction, but the first day includes a plenary >> session focussing on contextualisation of audiovisual material with keynotes >> and presentations of use cases. The second day comprises two workshops: one >> on European IPR legislations in the audiovisual sector and the impact on the >> exploitation of audiovisual and television archives, and one on best >> practices and guidelines for digitising audiovisual heritage. Attendance at >> the conference is free but online registration is required. >> >> See www.euscreen.eu for more information on the final programme and for >> registration. >> >> >> Confirmed speakers >> >> >> ? Prof. Andrew Hoskins, Professor of Cultural Studies at Nottingham >> University on media, digitization and memory. >> >> ? Dr. Lilian Landes, scientific co-ordinator of the recensio.net >> project at Bavaria State Library on creating a European Open Access >> infrastructure for historical reviews. >> >> ? Dr. Alec Badenoch, from Utrecht University on Making Europe, >> virtual exhibits on European cultural heritage. >> >> ? Johan S?derberg, lecturer and filmmaker from Sweden on using and >> reusing archival material in his works, like the series ?Read my lips?. >> >> ? Dr. Tibor Hirsch, from Film Studies at ELTE University on using >> digitized material in a creative way to help students understanding the >> language of film and television. >> >> ? Dr. Andreas Fickers, from the Art and Social Sciences at Maastricht >> University on audiovisual source critique in the age of the web 2.0. >> >> ? Karianne Fiorini, from the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia >> on Home Movies, online access and re-use. >> >> ? Peter B. Kaufman, President and executive producer of Intelligent >> Television. He is also the author of ?Marketing Culture in the Digital Age: >> A Report on New Business Collaborations between Libraries, Museums, >> Archives, and Commercial Companies?. >> >> ? Prof. John Ellis, Professor of Media at Royal Holloway ? University >> of London. >> >> About EUscreen >> >> EUscreen started in October 2009 as a three-year project funded by the >> European Commission?s eContentplus programme. Over the project?s duration >> more than 30,000 items representing Europe?s television heritage (videos, >> photographs, articles) will be made available online through a freely >> accessible multilingual portal. The portal will be launched in 2011 and will >> be directly connected to Europeana. The EUscreen consortium is co-ordinated >> by University of Utrecht and consists of 28 partners (comprising audiovisual >> archives, research institutions, technology providers and Europeana) from 19 >> different European countries. >> >> Wietske van den Heuvel >> Projectmedewerker Research& Development >> >> T 035 - 677 1691 >> F 035 - 677 3208 >> M 06 - 27185853 >> >> Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid >> Media Park, Sumatralaan 45, Hilversum >> Postvak BG01, Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum >> www.beeldengeluid.nl >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.gif > Type: image/gif > Size: 814 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/attachments/20100825/fd70cf8f/attachment-0001.gif > -------------- next part -------------- > >> >> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:11:33 -0400 (EDT) > From: musechair at mediaandtechnology.org > Subject: [MCN-L] M&T MUSE Awards are Calling All Developers > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Message-ID:<58133.199.16.64.3.1282741893.squirrel at lishost.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > M&T MUSE Awards are Calling All Developers > > As the MUSE Awards enter into their 22nd year, the American Association of > Museum Media& Technology Standing Professional Committee renews its > long-standing commitment to these awards by developing the next generation > of online MUSE submission entry system. As one of the standing > professional committees of AAM, the Media and Technology Committee is > committed to supporting the museum field. We would like to collaborate > with a developer who interested in supporting our ongoing goal of > recognizing the exceptional work that is created throughout our community > worldwide. > > We have taken the time to create a statement of work that highlights our > needs. While we do have funds available, our budget needs to remain quite > modest. Thank you in advance for your interest and your project proposal > submissions. We will be accepting proposals until September 3, 2010. If > you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please send your > questions and your proposals to sow at mediaandtechnology.org > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > Media& Technology Committee > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/SOW/index.html > >
